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Army

Army Launches Prototype Competition For Future Light Attack Aircraft

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018

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Army Launches Prototype Competition For Future Light Attack Aircraft

The Army has officially kicked off a competition for industry to design its next light scout aircraft, called the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, or FARA.Details of the program were published Oct. 3 in a solicitation on the government’s contracting website. The Army lays out a four-phase competitive prototyping effort that should yield operational, experimental aircraft flying by November 2022.Between four and six awards are planned in June 2019 and then industry hopefuls will have nine months to provide preliminary aircraft…

Missile Defense

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Missile Defense

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Space

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Congress

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